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Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Tipperary Senator Denis Landy has welcomed news that funding has been secured through the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a new Primary Care Centre in Carrick-On-Suir. Senator Landy said: “I greatly welcome the announcement of funding for a Primary Care Centre in Carrick-On-Suir.   “Typically,…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyIt is disrespectful to the public and our parliamentary process that the Seanad has not sat since the General Election was called over three months ago. The Seanad cannot sit again until the Taoiseach has appointed his Seanad nominees. I appreciate the importance of the…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyI welcome the fact that the planned strike action at Tesco stores tomorrow has been deferred as both parties involved in the dispute have agreed to return to the Workplace Relations Commission for further talks. Tesco need to listen to the legitimate and understandable concerns…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe deliberate removal from the Programme for Government, of any commitment to implement the recommendations of the McMahon report on Direct Provision is beyond disappointing. It is in fact a betrayal of the thousands of people who have found themselves languishing in Direct Provision Centres…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyI am encouraged the Taoiseach responded positively to my call at Leaders Questions today to establish a multi-agency task force to combat the rise of gangland crime in Dublin’s North Inner City. The North Inner City is a wonderful neighbourhood with a strong sense of…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe killing this morning of Gareth Hutch is both a human tragedy and a shocking reflection on the ineffectiveness of law and order in the North Inner City.  It brings to five the number of revenge attacks on the Hutch family for the shooting dead…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour Party“Decent work agenda almost entirely absent from Programme for Government” Labour Senator Ged Nash has welcomed revised CSO figures released today which have shown a further drop in unemployment rates. However he has slammed the fact that the decent work agenda promoted by Labour is…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartySpeaking in Dáil Debate on Mental Health The €12 million taken from the Mental Health budget this year, so hard and bravely fought for by former Minister of State Kathleen Lynch, cannot be allowed to fall into the black hole of the general Health budget….

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe Minister for Justice must as a matter of the upmost urgency lead an all-government response to combat the spiralling rise of violence in Dublin’s North Inner City. It is appalling that another life was lost today to gangland crime. The all-government response should involve…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Dublin West Deputy Joan Burton has welcomed the CSO’s latest Quarterly National Household Survey figures which show that in April unemployment dropped to 7.9%. But she warned that there can be no room for complacency in particular, as regards, more vulnerable unemployed groups including…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe Minister for Children must move to immediately clarify the situation that has reportedly arisen where a child has been removed from the care of their grandparents as they were deemed too old. While the welfare of the child is always of the upmost concern…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyWith the question over Labour leadership answered today following the election of Brendan Howlin as the new leader, Labour Youth is looking forward to beginning the party’s rebuild.  Labour Youth National Chairperson Grace Williams said, “I’d like to congratulate Brendan Howlin on his election as…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Women today extended their congratulations to Brendan Howlin TD on his election as leader of the Labour Party.   Sinead Ahern, Chair of Labour Women said, “Labour Women would like to congratulate Brendan Howlin as he assumes the role of leader of the Labour…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe failure of the Government to appoint a Minister of State for the Arts and Heritage will come as a major disappointment for the arts community and represents a missed opportunity by the Government to build bridges with arts practitioners working around the country. Yesterday…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyI hope the newly appointed Minister of State for Employment and Small Business pursues addressing the concerns of working people with the same vigour and determination as my colleague Ged Nash did as Minister for Business and Employment. Labour in government increased the minimum wage…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe Technological Universities Bill must be progressed in the Oireachtas without delay, Jan O’Sullivan told the Dail today. “As Minister for Education, I got the Bill as far as Report Stage in the Dail before the general election and it is imperative that it moves…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyWhen the Water Services Act 2014 was being drafted Labour ensured that there was a provision in the legislation to guarantee that the utility and the infrastructure associated with it, would remain in public ownership, by stipulating that there could be no sale of the…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Wexford and former Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin, has welcomed the official publication of the Benefacts website which brings information about Ireland’s not for profit sector into a single online database. Deputy Howlin commented: “This is a project I…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartySpeaking on behalf of the Labour Party Deputy Sean Sherlock commented: “The Labour Party intends to support the passage of the Fianna Fáil Variable Rate Mortgage Bill to committee stage. “In the spirt of the new dispensation that exists in Dáil Eireann Labour believes that…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Joan Burton TD said today that the law does not prevent Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan from clarifying the instructions she gave her legal team at the O’Higgins Commission of Investigation. She said there was serious public disquiet about the claim that, although…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has joined calls for the government to appoint a dedicated Drugs Minister this week. “The drugs crisis that is affecting every corner of this country needs a dedicated drugs minister to tackle it. “I was proud as Drugs Minister in…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyIt is completely unacceptable for Minister Finian McGrath to argue that the smoking ban in public places should be relaxed. Speaking on national radio this morning Finian McGrath stated that pubs and restaurants should be allowed to reintroduce designated smoking areas. I believe as a…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyTaoiseach Cannot Appoint Bill-Dodging Halligan As Junior Minister – Kelly Taoiseach Enda Kenny must seek a guarantee from John Halligan that he will comply with the law by paying for his water. In the absence of such a guarantee, it would be completely unacceptable for…

Press Archives – Page 165 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe previous Government was faced with a breakdown of public trust in the ability of our policing institutions to properly police themselves and their own members. The Government inherited a system involving a ‘confidential recipient’, to whom Gardaí were supposed to submit concerns about malpractice,…